"And I think, again, this is an important aspect because, again, sometimes people talk about Federal employees as some nondescript bureaucrat that is not performing an essential function."
"What about the average American traveler, what are they going to experience?"
"I believe that the Federal cuts, whether under sequestration, under what occurred in the prior fiscal year, or what may come, needs to be put in context with the cuts that State and local entities hav..."
"It required both sides of the aisle to come together to find a balanced approach to pass a balanced budget, which is what we have done."
"I want to work with anybody that has a good idea for how we can identify targeted cuts in Federal programs that aren't efficient, that can be improved."
"I just met with our sheriff in Clark County and, you know, he indicated that in some respects it is very good, in other respects they are not at the table and there are some best practices happening a..."
"So let me follow up on one principle in the rule, and that is the compensation structure."
"I believe this is really a bipartisan issue that we could work together on."
"So could you explain, then, the requirements of the rule and the principles that you are explicitly directed to balance?"
"I can't give you that figure today, and I apologize for that, I should have come prepared for that. But I am not."
"Now, the Outdoor Industry Association estimates that 148,000 jobs in Nevada are directly tied to our outdoor recreation, generating $10 billion in State and local revenue."